Straw-stacker.



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7 M. B. KASSEL.

'STRAW STACKER.

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STRAW-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 676,504, dated June 18,1901.

Application filed October 18, 1900. Serial 1T0v 33,508. N m d l-l T 0all whom, it 771/601] concern.-

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL B. KAssEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pomeroy, in the county of Garfield and State ofl/Vashington, have invented a new and useful Straw-Stacker, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is an improved straw-stacker which is adapted to operate inconnection with-a threshing-machine and to convey the straw from thelatter and discharge it upon a stack or rick.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination ofdevices hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanyimg drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of astraw-stacker constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal central sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view of the same, taken on a plane indicated by theline a a of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the same, takenon the plane indicated by the line b b of Fig. 2.

Atruck-frame 1, rectangular in form, is provided'near its outer end withan axle 2, on which are supportingswheels 3, and at the inner end of thetruck-frame is a bar 4, sup ported by hounds 5 and guide-bars 6, whichbar at is a draft-bar and is employed to attach the front end of thetruck-frame to the rear end of a threshing-machine in any suitablemanner. Hence when in operation or being transported together with athreshingmachine the truck-frame is supported in a horizontal position,as shown in the drawings.

I term the end of the truck-frame which is attached to thethreshing-machine the inner end and the opposite end thereof the outerend. Near the inner end of the truck-frame'are a pair of standards 7,which are provided with braces 8. At a point directly over the axle 2the truck-frame is provided with a pair of vertical standards 9, whichare provided with braces 10 and crossbraces 11, the latter connectingsaid standards 9 together. At the outer end of the truck-frame are apair of outwardly-inclined standard-rests 12, which are braced, as at13, and connected together by cross-braces 14:-

A Winch 15 is journaled in bearing-blocks 16 on the truck-frame at apoint between the standards 7 and 9. The said winch has a spur-wheel 17,which is engaged by a pinion 18, the latter being provided with a crank19,

by means of which it may be manually rotated. A suitable dog or detent,which is not here shown, may be provided to engage the gear 17 or pinion18, and thereby lock the winch against rotation.

A rocking elevating and supporting frame 20 is fulcrumed on a shaft 21,which is supported at the upper ends of the standards 9. Said frame 20comprises the side bars 21 and the cross-bars 22 and is provided on oneside with trusses 23. The ends of the shaft 21 project beyond thestandards 9 and are connected to the trusses by rods 2st. Thereby theframe 20 is braced both longitudinally and laterally. The inner endofthe frame 20, which is the shorter end thereof, is connected to thewinch by ropes 25, which pass over direction-sheaves 26, which aresupported by the axle. The

outer longer end of the frame 20 is provided with a transverse shaft 27,on which are antifriction rollers 28, which are flanged, as shown. Whenthe outer end of the frame 20 is lowered, the same is supported insubstan tially a horizontal position by the standards 12, as will beunderstood by an inspection of Fig. 1 and as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings.

A shaft 29 has its bearings near the upper ends of the standards 7. Thesaid shaft carries a series of rollers 30, is provided at one end with apower-pulley 31, and forms the pivot for the inner end of theconveyor-frame 32. The conveyor-frame is further supported by the frame20, the rollers28 bearing under the outer portion of the conveyor-frame,and hence by means of the frame 20 and the winch the outer end of theconveyor-frame may be raised or lowered, as will be understood. At theouter end of the conveyer-frame is a shaft 33, which is provided withrollers 34-. The conveyer-frame is preferably constructed as here shownand is provided at its inner end with a receiving-hood 35, the sides ofwhich are formed by the inclined wings 36. Trans- 10o versely disposedat the inner end of the hood is an antifriction-roller 37. An endlesstraveling apron connects the rollers 30 34 and comprises endless belts38,cross-slats 39,which connectsaid belts, and spurs 40, which projectfrom the outer sides of said cross-slats. In operation the endlessconveyer-apron is driven by a power-belt on the pulley 31, and thedischarge-riddle of the threshing-machine has its outer end supported bythe roller 37. Thereby the straw as it is discharged from thethreshing-machine is conveyed directly to the inner end of theconveyer-frame onto the conveyer-apron, the upper lead of which travelson a bottom plate 41, with which the conveyer-frame is provided, and itwill be understood that the straw'will be conveyed by the said endlessconveyer-apron to the outer end of the conveyer-frame, which may beelevated and supported at any suitable height by the means hereinbeforedescribed, and that the straw as it is, discharged from the outer end ofthe conveyer-frame will fall directly onto the stack or rick. \Vhen thestacker is not in use, the frame 20 and conveyer-frame are lowered tothe position shown in full lines in Fig. 2, and thereby compactlydisposed on the truck-frame.

It will be understood that the outer end of the conveyer-frame may beraised or lowered, as may be required, while the stacker and thethreshing-machine are in operation and without arresting or interferingwith the operation thereof.

In practice the conveyer-frame is provided at itsouter end with asuitable dischargevspout, as indicated at A in Fig. 1, and if founddesirable, as when the stacker is used in connection with athreshing-machine of great capacity, inclined guard-boardsB may beplaced on the sides of the conveyer-frame to ,eXtend from thereceiving-board to the spout.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a straw-stacker, thecombination of the truck-frame having the standards 7 and '9, theconveyer-frame having its inner end pivoted between the standards 7, therocking elevatingfraine pivoted between said standards 9, at a pointintermediate its ends, the outer end of said rocking elevating-framebearing, supporting and being free to slide under said conveyer-frame, awinch carried by said truck-frame and an operating-rope connecting saidwinch and the inner end of saidrocking elevating-frame, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a straw-stacker, the combination of the truck-frame having thestandards 7, 9, and 12, the rocking frame'fulcrumed between thestandards 9, the conveyer-frame having its inner end pivoted between thestandards 7, said rocking frame bearing under the outer portion of theconveyer-frame and adapted, when the same and said conveyer-frame arelowered, to rest on the standards 12 and means to operate said rockingframe and support the same in any required position, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a straw-stacker, a supporting truck frame, a conveyer-frame havingits inner end pivoted on said truck-frame, said conveyerframe having ahood at its inner end and the roller 37 and means to raise and lower andsupport the outer end of said conveyer-frame, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL E. KASSEL.

Witnesses:

EDWIN W. GIBSON, A. E. DUKSON.

